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In Pictures: Is avocado boom to blame for bee deaths in Colombia?

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Apiarists in Colombia suspect pesticides used in commercial avocado and citrus farming is killing the bees.

In Pictures: Is avocado boom to blame for bee deaths in Colombia?

In recent years, bees in North America, Europe, Russia, South America and elsewhere have started dying off from “colony collapse disorder”, a mysterious scourge blamed partly on pesticides along with mites, viruses and fungi.

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